“Sometimes bad weather can create social isolation,” said David Grauwiler, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta division. “It can stop you from doing the things you enjoy.

“If you’re already living with a mental illness, that can exacerbate things and make things a little worse.”

Grauwiler said it’s important to still get out and enjoy what summer has to offer, even if the weather isn’t what you were hoping for.

“We’ve had a broad, low-pressure system over Alberta, which has given us these rainy conditions, a lot of thunderstorm activity in June and July,” Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Kyle Fougere said.

“We haven’t really seen this ridge of high pressure that would settle over the province and give us several days of nice weather.”

There is some hope. It’s expected August and September will be average, which means less rain and potentially more sun.

Summer precipitation is WAY above average in Edmonton this summer. Our rainfall total is over 300mm in #yeg. Average for June/July/August is 233.2mm, and we still have over half of August left! There's more rain in the forecast this week. #yegwx#abstormpic.twitter.com/RcrUIzW70R